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Is this a burn mark on my ram vrm?.

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10 minutes ago, CrestfallenBot said:

Did you mean under the inductor? since the inductor in the square grey  and it has nothing above it that's why I can see the black mark.

above when the board' standing upright in your case. The 4 rectangles right next to the inductor are the mosfets.

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Too much glare from the side panel for me to see what I'm supposed to be looking at.

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That gray square thing is an inductor... it's a coil of wire wrapped around something and then stuck inside that plastic box.

Whatever that stuff is... i doubt it's gonna affect anything.

No, i don't think it's "damage"

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Even if things start burning, it will be the mosfets above the inductor (that you said have burnt marks on it, tho I think it's just staining). The mosfets produce heat, not the inductor.

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22 minutes ago, TheKDub said:

Too much glare from the side panel for me to see what I'm supposed to be looking at.

 

19 minutes ago, mariushm said:

That gray square thing is an inductor... it's a coil of wire wrapped around something and then stuck inside that plastic box.

Whatever that stuff is... i doubt it's gonna affect anything.

No, i don't think it's "damage"

 

8 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Even if things start burning, it will be the mosfets above the inductor (that you said have burnt marks on it, tho I think it's just staining). The mosfets produce heat, not the inductor.

Better quality video https://imgur.com/z0VAPa0  and I thought it was the ram vrm.

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1 minute ago, CrestfallenBot said:

 

 

Better quality video https://imgur.com/z0VAPa0  and I thought it was the ram vrm.

Looks fine to me.

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6 minutes ago, CrestfallenBot said:

 

 

Better quality video https://imgur.com/z0VAPa0  and I thought it was the ram vrm.

Yes, it is.. but the VRM is made out of multiple parts... lo-side mosfets, hi-side mosfets, inductors and input/output capacitors.

In your case, it's a 2 phase VRM with the mosfets for both phases in the center, then inductors on each side of the mosfets ... at least that's how it looks to me.

 

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8 minutes ago, CrestfallenBot said:

 

 

Better quality video https://imgur.com/z0VAPa0  and I thought it was the ram vrm.

The inductor is crucial in the VRM, it's just not the one that would burn first.

 

1 minute ago, mariushm said:

2 phase VRM with the mosfets for both phases in the center,

nah it's a single phase with 2 sets of mosfets. Real two phase memory is quite rare.

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54 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Even if things start burning, it will be the mosfets above the inductor (that you said have burnt marks on it, tho I think it's just staining). The mosfets produce heat, not the inductor.

Did you mean under the inductor? since the inductor in the square grey  and it has nothing above it that's why I can see the black mark.

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10 minutes ago, CrestfallenBot said:

Did you mean under the inductor? since the inductor in the square grey  and it has nothing above it that's why I can see the black mark.

above when the board' standing upright in your case. The 4 rectangles right next to the inductor are the mosfets.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

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SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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27 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

above when the board' standing upright in your case. The 4 rectangles right next to the inductor are the mosfets.

is the square grey thing* and alright thanks for the explanation, anyway since everyone says that it's not a burn mark my question is solved.

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